2021 Football Roster
Roster
Espanet, Brian
Jersey Number 80
Brian Espanet
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Class:
- Junior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 213
- Hometown:
- Hopedale, Mass.
- High School:
- Millis-Hopedale
- Major:
- Business Administration
Bio
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Watch: Student-Athletes Aid UNH's COVID-19 Testing Efforts (10/29/2020)
Wildcat Career
2022 - Played in all thirteen contests this season... caught two passes for 14 yards vs. UAlbany... had two recpetions for 10 yards vs. N.C. Central... had two receptions for 28 yards and a touchdown vs. Towson...caught one 15 yard pass for a touchdown vs. Stony Brook...recorded two recpections for eight yards and a touchdown vs. Dartmouth...had one reception for five yards vs Elon...had one reception for 26 yards at Richmond...recorded two receptions for 35 yards vs Rhode Island...
2021 – Played all 11 games with 10 starts... ranked fifth in the CAA in TD receptions... 34 catches for 454 yards and seven TDs... UNH leader in receiving yards, TD receptions, yards per catch (13.4) and receiving yards per game (41.3)... led UNH in receptions in 5 of 11 games... also team leader in receiving yards five times... five catches for a career-high 100 yards at Stony Brook (Sept. 2)... matched personal best of two TDs at SBU and at Lafayette (Sept. 18)... career-high six catches for 57 yards at Lafayette... also had six receptions (for 69 yards) at URI on Nov. 13... three passes for 55 yards and a TD vs. Richmond (Oct. 30)... 3-48 and a TD vs. Maine (Nov. 20)... three receptions for 30 yards and a TD against James Madison (Oct. 2)... three receptions for 48 yards and one TD vs. Maine (Nov. 20)... did not start at UAlbany.
2020 – Phil Steele Preseason All-CAA Third Team Member
2019 – Played all 11 games with 10 starts... 25 catches for 340 yards and five TDs... 13.6 yards/catch... 30.9 receiving yards/game... at least one catch in 10 of 11 games... eight games with multiple catches, including a career high of four three times... four catches for a personal-best 79 yards and one TD vs. Villanova... 4-59 and career-high two TDs (15 & 20 yards) at Stony Brook... 4-43 vs. Maine... career-long of 41 yards vs. Rhode Island... first career score with a seven-yard TD catch at Florida International... 3-34 at FIU... Member of the CAA Football Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the spring semester.
2018 – Played in 10 of 11 games... recorded three catches for 19 yards... two receptions for 13 yards, including a long of nine, vs. Stony Brook... pulled in his first career reception (for six yards) on week earlier vs. Holy Cross.
2017 – Redshirt season.
Before UNH
Helped Millis-Hopedale capture Division 4A state championship as senior… named TVL Small MVP… notched 13 TD receptions on offense and snared four INTs… finished career with more than 2,000 yards receiving, 34 TDs and 24 INTs… named 2016-17 Metrowest Daily News Male Athlete of Year… also a 1,000-point scorer for the basketball team; averaged 17.9 points/game, 9.0 rebounds/game as senior… named Dual Valley Conference Basketball Player of Year (16-17)… batted .593 as senior on baseball team and finished with 107 career hits.
Watch: Student-Athletes Aid UNH's COVID-19 Testing Efforts (10/29/2020)
Wildcat Career
2022 - Played in all thirteen contests this season... caught two passes for 14 yards vs. UAlbany... had two recpetions for 10 yards vs. N.C. Central... had two receptions for 28 yards and a touchdown vs. Towson...caught one 15 yard pass for a touchdown vs. Stony Brook...recorded two recpections for eight yards and a touchdown vs. Dartmouth...had one reception for five yards vs Elon...had one reception for 26 yards at Richmond...recorded two receptions for 35 yards vs Rhode Island...
2021 – Played all 11 games with 10 starts... ranked fifth in the CAA in TD receptions... 34 catches for 454 yards and seven TDs... UNH leader in receiving yards, TD receptions, yards per catch (13.4) and receiving yards per game (41.3)... led UNH in receptions in 5 of 11 games... also team leader in receiving yards five times... five catches for a career-high 100 yards at Stony Brook (Sept. 2)... matched personal best of two TDs at SBU and at Lafayette (Sept. 18)... career-high six catches for 57 yards at Lafayette... also had six receptions (for 69 yards) at URI on Nov. 13... three passes for 55 yards and a TD vs. Richmond (Oct. 30)... 3-48 and a TD vs. Maine (Nov. 20)... three receptions for 30 yards and a TD against James Madison (Oct. 2)... three receptions for 48 yards and one TD vs. Maine (Nov. 20)... did not start at UAlbany.
2020 – Phil Steele Preseason All-CAA Third Team Member
2019 – Played all 11 games with 10 starts... 25 catches for 340 yards and five TDs... 13.6 yards/catch... 30.9 receiving yards/game... at least one catch in 10 of 11 games... eight games with multiple catches, including a career high of four three times... four catches for a personal-best 79 yards and one TD vs. Villanova... 4-59 and career-high two TDs (15 & 20 yards) at Stony Brook... 4-43 vs. Maine... career-long of 41 yards vs. Rhode Island... first career score with a seven-yard TD catch at Florida International... 3-34 at FIU... Member of the CAA Football Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the spring semester.
2018 – Played in 10 of 11 games... recorded three catches for 19 yards... two receptions for 13 yards, including a long of nine, vs. Stony Brook... pulled in his first career reception (for six yards) on week earlier vs. Holy Cross.
2017 – Redshirt season.
Before UNH
Helped Millis-Hopedale capture Division 4A state championship as senior… named TVL Small MVP… notched 13 TD receptions on offense and snared four INTs… finished career with more than 2,000 yards receiving, 34 TDs and 24 INTs… named 2016-17 Metrowest Daily News Male Athlete of Year… also a 1,000-point scorer for the basketball team; averaged 17.9 points/game, 9.0 rebounds/game as senior… named Dual Valley Conference Basketball Player of Year (16-17)… batted .593 as senior on baseball team and finished with 107 career hits.
UNH Football vs Stony Brook Highlights 11-16-24
Sunday, November 17
UNH Football vs Monmouth Highlights 11-9-24
Saturday, November 09
UNH Football vs Rhode Island Highlights 10-19-24
Sunday, October 20
UNH Football vs. Bryant 9-21-24
Saturday, September 21